John hyslop



(No Model.)

. J. HYSLOP, 'Jr.

. NAIL. No. 262,780. Patented Aug. 15, 1882.

j A H K 4 Jul WV ATTORNEYS} UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HYSLOP, JR, OF ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,780, dated August15, 1882,

I Application filed April 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HYSLOP, Jr., of Abington, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tacks, Nails, Screws, and Rivets, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tack, enlarged, to which myimprovement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3is a side elevation of the same shown as driven into a block.

The object of this invention is to produce nails made in such a manneras to ornament the object into which they are driven.

The invention consists in a tack, nail, screw,

or rivet made with a head having a raised center and an ornamentalflange, whereby the said head will have a wide holding-surface and willbe highly ornamental, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the body of a tack, the head of which is made with a raisedcenter, B. The raised center can be semi-spherical, as shown in thedrawings, or of any other desired shape. Around the base of the center Bis formed a flange, O, the edge of which is scalloped, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, or made of other ornamental form.

The tacks, nails, screws, and rivets thus constructed are designed foruse in upholstering furniture and carriages, in making harness, innailing .boot or shoe soles, and for other uses where an ornamentalfastening is required.

in using the improvement the tack, nail, screw, or rivet is driven orotherwise forced into the substance to be fastened until the under sideof the flanged head rests against the surface of the said substance, asillustrated in Fig.3. This construction gives the flanged heads a widebearing-surface, so that they will hold the object to which they may beapplied securely, and at the same time will be highly ornamental-twoqualities that make them highly useful for upholstering purposes, whiletheir ornamental appearance makes them valuable as harness-nails and asshoe-nails.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paton t- A tack, nail, screw, or rivet made with a headhaving a raised center, 13,. and an ornamentalflange,0, substantially asherein shown and described, whereby the said head will have a wideholding-surface and will be highly ornamental, as set forth.

JOHN HYSLOP, JR.

Witnesses: A

RANDALL RICHARDS, BELU T. NASH.

